What is Coaching?

Coaching is fundamentally about facilitating change that will lead to desired results: facilitating movement from a current state to a more desirable future state.

The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

Some significant benefits of coaching?

• A positive impact on performance
• Learning to solve problems
• Improving work–life balance
• Reducing stress levels
• Having greater self-awareness and gaining new perspectives
• Having better relationships with colleagues
• Improving managerial and interpersonal skills
• Learning how to identify and act on development needs
• Developing greater adaptability to change

Research by the CIPD concludes that a successful coaching relationship will have a powerful impact. Over 95% of people who have engaged in a coaching programme would recommend the process to someone else. What most people think of as coaching is actually mentoring or consultancy, so why not take the time to find out the difference and experience the real power of coaching,  to maximise the potential in your business?

Coaching will bring significant benefits in addition to the indiviual and team, but to the business as a whole.

How do we approach coaching?

We use and work with you to adopt an intentional focus by the leader or manager to use a coaching mindset, coaching skills, and coaching tools in order to strengthen their employees’ skills, performance and sense of fulfilment.

Performance – activities, results
Learning – processes, skills
Fulfillment – professional, personal

In the work context there is often a particular focus on goals in the domain of performance, with learning as a means to improved performance and fulfilment as a potential source of motivation, also leading to improved performance. 

Adapted from Adler International Learning